Lomaphorelus Ameghino 1902 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptatelidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Notices préliminaires sur des mammifères nouveaux des terrains Crétacé de Patagonie {preliminary notes on new mammals from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:5-70

Parent taxon: Glyptatelidae according to J. C. Fernicola 2008

See also Ameghino 1902, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Simpson 1948

Sister taxa: Clypeotherium, Glyptatelus

Subtaxa: Lomaphorelus depstus

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Type: Lomaphorelus depstus

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Mustersan of Patagonia (Eocene of Argentina)

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